Antero Niittymäki 1/25; clears 1/26; assigned to Worcester 2/2

Well I didn't have the time or patience to play every game myself, so I simmed a bunch and figured "Eh, if they don't do well I'll make a big trade or something and be really good next season", but they missed the playoffs so I was sent packing. Had like four offers though and I figured Colorado had a pretty decent core to start with.

I was reading through some of the Twitter replies from the reporter who "broke" Nitty's comments. It seems like what he's upset about is that DW didn't give him the courtesy of a call to let him know that he was on waivers. He had to find out about it from a Finnish reporter who wanted to get his thoughts. Nitty was on his way to Tahoe with family when he got the call from the reporter.

Those actually aren't decent stats. .879 SV% for Auld? 3.57 GAA? Never mind, this is ridiculous. I'll just let you ramble nonsense.

most of his worst games were relief roles in which Anderson was getting drubbed. but still, put Greiss in for some games against Vancouver, Philly, Pittsburgh, LA, and Washington and see how bad his stats become.

most of his worst games were relief roles in which Anderson was getting drubbed. but still, put Greiss in for some games against Vancouver, Philly, Pittsburgh, LA, and Washington and see how bad his stats become.

So your only argument for why Auld is better than greiss is because he gets a chance to play against good teams and... Loses... Horribly???

most of his worst games were relief roles in which Anderson was getting drubbed. but still, put Greiss in for some games against Vancouver, Philly, Pittsburgh, LA, and Washington and see how bad his stats become.

...Or how much his talent is put on display. How do you know he won't do well if he hasn't been given a shot at top teams? His stats are good, he's never really looked awful, so what are you basing this idea of "He's the worst backup in the league and he'll suck against top teams" off of? They have Niemi, so they don't NEED Greiss to play the Vancouvers and Detroits, but I'm willing to bet he'd do just fine against strong clubs.

So again, you prove my point. You have yet to post numbers from one backup goalie that are both superior to Greiss's (or even close) AND against harder competition (and are not a starter in a platoon role).

I was reading through some of the Twitter replies from the reporter who "broke" Nitty's comments. It seems like what he's upset about is that DW didn't give him the courtesy of a call to let him know that he was on waivers. He had to find out about it from a Finnish reporter who wanted to get his thoughts. Nitty was on his way to Tahoe with family when he got the call from the reporter.

Maybe that was the last nail for the coffin to make him say that about the org. From the article:

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We have tried to find a solution in good terms with the club and my agent.

To me, it seems that he's just happy that he might get to go to a place where he can play and show that he still belongs in this league.

most of his worst games were relief roles in which Anderson was getting drubbed. but still, put Greiss in for some games against Vancouver, Philly, Pittsburgh, LA, and Washington and see how bad his stats become.

So you give more credit to a backup that has sucked against good teams than a goalie that has done well against bad teams. You assume he would suck against good teams and thus put that against him anyway. Quality debating skills you got there.

I'm saying if Greiss had an equal workload, he'd have worse numbers. If Auld only played the Oilers/Coyotes/Avs/BlueJackets, he'd definitely have better stats.

You have no proof that is the case. Auld posted a .800 sv% against CGY, .818 sv% against TO, .800 sv% against BUF, and .905 sv% against MTL. None of those teams are doing that well. You think the Coyotes, Avs, and Oilers are that much worse than CGY, MTL, and TO?

Obviously we don't know the whole story, but it seems like the org has a little bit of an issue with doing this kind of stuff, remember Ian white saying there was no communication, and the Seto deal was just cold IMO.

Obviously we don't know the whole story, but it seems like the org has a little bit of an issue with doing this kind of stuff, remember Ian white saying there was no communication, and the Seto deal was just cold IMO.

I was wondering when Seto was a healthy scratch recently if his behavior had anything to do with being pissed about the current situation/being traded right after signing, etc. I remember Brodie interviewing him when the Wild visited SJ and he seemed like he was trying to hide that he was pretty bent out of shape. Didn't seem to do a great job of covering it up, though.

And, of course, there's no evidence that playing against better teams adversely affects save percentage. No team has the ability to consistently get a higher percentage of their shots from the scoring area than any other. The top five teams in even-strength shooting percentage this season (and therefore the ones against whom goaltenders as a whole have posted the worst SV%s) are Boston, Tampa Bay, New York, Anaheim and Toronto. Apart from the Bruins, those aren't good teams. Three of them are among the very worst in the NHL.